New Delhi: Social media giants Facebook said on Tuesday that it would publish an interim report on July 2 as mandated by IT Rules, and provide information on the number of actively removed content between May 15 and June 15.
The final report will be published on July 15, with details of user complaints Received action.
The new IT rules – which came into effect from May 26 – oblige large social media companies to periodically publish compliance reports every month detailing complaints received and action taken on them.
The report also includes the number of specific communication links or parts of information that the moderator has removed or disabled access to in pursuance of any active surveillance conducted using automated tools.
“In accordance with IT regulations, we will publish an interim report on July 2 for the period May 15 to June 15,” a Facebook spokesperson said. in a statement.
The spokesman said the final report would be published on July 15, detailing the complaints received and action taken.
The July 15 report will also include data related to WhatsApp, which is currently being validated, the spokesperson added.
The July 2 report will be an “interim report” and will not include details of complaints received and action taken as “we are in the process of validating this data” and that data will be provided in the July 15 report, As per information available on Facebook’s Transparency Center webpage.
The new IT regulations are designed to prevent misuse and abuse of digital platforms, and provide users with a robust platform for grievance redressal. Under these rules, social media companies must remove content flagged for nudity and obscenity within 36 hours and material flagged for nudity and obscenity within 24 hours.
Important social media intermediaries – which have over 5 million registered users in India – also need to appoint a chief compliance officer, a nodal officer and a grievance officer And these officers must be resident in India.
Non-compliance with IT regulations will result in these platforms losing their intermediary status which gives them immunity from liabilities on any third party data hosted by them. In other words, they may be liable for criminal action in case of complaints.
Facebook recently named Spurti Priya as its Grievance Officer in India, while Facebook-owned WhatsApp appointed Paresh B. Red For India as its Grievance Officer.
India is a major market for global digital platforms. According to the recently cited figures by the government, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 41 crore Facebook subscribers, 21 crore . Huh instagram customers, while 1.75 crore account holders are on the microblogging platform Twitter.
The final report will be published on July 15, with details of user complaints Received action.
The new IT rules – which came into effect from May 26 – oblige large social media companies to periodically publish compliance reports every month detailing complaints received and action taken on them.
The report also includes the number of specific communication links or parts of information that the moderator has removed or disabled access to in pursuance of any active surveillance conducted using automated tools.
“In accordance with IT regulations, we will publish an interim report on July 2 for the period May 15 to June 15,” a Facebook spokesperson said. in a statement.
The spokesman said the final report would be published on July 15, detailing the complaints received and action taken.
The July 15 report will also include data related to WhatsApp, which is currently being validated, the spokesperson added.
The July 2 report will be an “interim report” and will not include details of complaints received and action taken as “we are in the process of validating this data” and that data will be provided in the July 15 report, As per information available on Facebook’s Transparency Center webpage.
The new IT regulations are designed to prevent misuse and abuse of digital platforms, and provide users with a robust platform for grievance redressal. Under these rules, social media companies must remove content flagged for nudity and obscenity within 36 hours and material flagged for nudity and obscenity within 24 hours.
Important social media intermediaries – which have over 5 million registered users in India – also need to appoint a chief compliance officer, a nodal officer and a grievance officer And these officers must be resident in India.
Non-compliance with IT regulations will result in these platforms losing their intermediary status which gives them immunity from liabilities on any third party data hosted by them. In other words, they may be liable for criminal action in case of complaints.
Facebook recently named Spurti Priya as its Grievance Officer in India, while Facebook-owned WhatsApp appointed Paresh B. Red For India as its Grievance Officer.
India is a major market for global digital platforms. According to the recently cited figures by the government, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 41 crore Facebook subscribers, 21 crore . Huh instagram customers, while 1.75 crore account holders are on the microblogging platform Twitter.
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